Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Sometimes God Doesn't Give Us a Choice

I believe God gave all of us free will. He has laid out a perfect plan for us to lead a fulfilling bountiful life and we go along and choice by choice either steer towards that perfection or away from it.

I have been watching my diet since January. I make choices considering what I eat or don't multiple times a day. Yesterday I found myself at Safeway for a milk and banana run. Something (I can only describe it as supernatural) pulled me towards the freezer section. And there I saw it.

Ice Cream

Ben and Jerry's

Toffee

AND

Coffee

I have come to learn in my almost 31 years of life that sometime God doesn't offer a choice. Sometimes our hands are tied and we have to humbly submit to Him over the gift of frozen caffeine with buttery caramel crunchy candy.

Today again I heard the voice of God when I was reminded by Abby that Java Crew was giving away FREE coffee. And again I was given no choice but to load the twins into the car and have them miss their morning nap while I waited in line to receive my demanded blessing. It's hard being a servant.

Seriously my hands were tied. What would you have done? Ignored God? Followed the diet over our savior? Well, I am just not that kind of Christian.

Now just for fun, lets see what A Coffee Toffee ice cream and A Carmel Silk latte look like making out......

19 comments:

Ben and Jerry's is my WEAKNESS!!! I have found that my weight has stayed relatively constant since I've GIVEN UP the boys! THey make the best ice cream ever!!! I feel for your lack of choice....I am right there with you!!!

you are quite possibly the funniest woman I've met in my life! I feel the same way about the divine purpose that sweet mocha chocolataley goodness has in my life. Why else do I work at starbucks?...God MUST want me to have as many soy frothy foamy mochas as humanley possible....for free :)

Oh my...by the looks of that last photo I'd say the toffee and coffee has gone to your head for sure! Certainly that is what our Lord would have wanted though...I'm pretty sure as I know you are! Otherwise He wouldn't have created such things for us to be pulled toward with no choice!

There are not many friends of mine that would ponder the child conceived by two favorite treats - but you Becca, are a true original thinker. My love for ice cream is difinitely "God inspired" so I read with much agreement!

I can so relate to this. Leonora is the coffee cart lady at my work and nobody makes a caramel latte like she does. I refer to her as my dealer. It's torture to walk by her cart in the morning on my way to pump. Doesn't a girl deserve a reward for the annoyance of pumping? Heck yeah!

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I've often been asked why my blog is named, "Glory Laine". My middle name is Laine and it suggests to me quant path, and paths remind me of a journey and I blog to record my personal journey. Then I wanted something spiritual to show that I am on this journey with God's help. I debated between mercy and glory. Mercy lane sounded like a nursing home where people go to die, so Glory Laine it is.